10.1 Assessment: Geography and the Rise of Rome

The physical geography of Italy can be described as

Two mountain ranges dominate the Italian peninsula they are the​ (a)   and the ​ (b)   .

• Alps
• Apennines
• Himalayas
• Smokies
• Rockies

What Italian volcano erupted in 79 A. D., destroying the city of Pompeii?

• Mt. Saint Helens

• Mt. Everest

• Blood Mountain

• Mt. Vesuvius

Why did the early peoples in Italy build their cities on hills?

• The View

• For Protection

• No other place to build

• Access to water

Along what river was Rome built?

• Siene

• Thames

• Patsalagi

• Tiber

Italy has a ​ (a)   ​and​ (b)   climate, like that of ​ (c)   .

• warm
• mild
• Southern California
• South Carolina
• harsh
• tundra

What was a key factor in the development of Rome?

• Plentiful food supply

• Access to the Alps

• Access to the Apennines

• Mt. Vesuvius

  destroying Pompeii

To what Trojan hero do Romans trace their history?

• Hector

• Odyssus

• Achilles

• Aeneas

According to legend, the founders of Rome were twin brothers named ​ (a)   ​ and ​ (b)   .

• Romulus
• Remus
• Aeneas
• Odyssus
• Achiles
• Virgil

According to ancient historians, who was the first king of Rome?

• Remus

• Virgil

• Aeneas

• Romulus